UK Burglary Hotspots

With an average of 523 homes targeted by thieves daily in England and Wales,  Quotezone.co.uk research has revealed the areas where homeowners most need extra security measures, through analysing the latest residential burglary data from each region’s police force.

Area Name	Household figures (mid-2020, rounded to 100)	Total Residential burglaries in 2022	Residential burglaries in 2022 per 1000 households
Cleveland	245,100	3,765	15.4
South Yorkshire	599,500	8,749	14.6
Greater Manchester	1,190,500	17,003	14.3
West Midlands	1,148,800	15,844	13.8
Metropolitan Police	3,538,700	37,724	10.7
Humberside	407,600	4,224	10.4
West Yorkshire	964,400	9,921	10.3
Leicestershire	438,800	3,756	8.6
Lancashire	643,600	5,008	7.8
Gloucestershire	275,200	2,094	7.6
Nottinghamshire	489,000	3,598	7.4
Hampshire	839,500	6,023	7.2
Merseyside	632,500	4,490	7.1
Durham	283,900	2,005	7.1
Northumbria	648,200	4,562	7
Lincolnshire	332,400	2,316	7
Gwent	256,700	1,788	7
Northamptonshire	316,900	2,011	6.3
West Mercia	556,600	3,512	6.3
Kent	778,300	4,879	6.3
Essex	768,400	4,793	6.2
Bedfordshire	267,900	1,630	6.1
Warwickshire	247,600	1,489	6
Avon and Somerset	737,300	4,370	5.9
Cambridgeshire	345,600	2,032	5.9
Surrey	474,900	2,770	5.8
Staffordshire	488,600	2,797	5.7
Derbyshire	461,800	2,566	5.6
Dorset	344,100	1,875	5.4
Cheshire	467,300	2,420	5.2
Thames Valley	964,200	4,843	5
Hertfordshire	485,400	2,436	5
South Wales	582,100	2,655	4.6
Cumbria	227,000	1,012	4.5
North Wales	308,300	1,330	4.3
Wiltshire	309,700	1,244	4
Dyfed-Powys	231,200	923	4
Suffolk	330,800	1,279	3.9
North Yorkshire	360,900	1,315	3.6
Sussex	750,100	2,702	3.6
Norfolk	398,800	1,327	3.3
Devon and Cornwall	[x]	[x]	[x]
ENGLAND AND WALES	24,921,000	191,094	7.9
(exc. Devon and Cornwall) [note 4,10]

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References:

Year ending December 2022 edition of this dataset:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables